Semirimless spectacle mounting



Oct. 5, 1948. s. E. BOUCHARD SEMIRIMLESS SPECTACLE MOUNTING Filed Juhe 4, 1945 SAMUEL E. BOUCHA RD INVENTOR /%&@d

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 5, I948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,450,711 SEMIRIMLESS SPECTACLE MOUNTING Samuel E. Bouchard, Brighton, N. Y., assignor to Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester,

. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 4, 1945, Serial No. 597,422 3 Claims. (01. ss 41 This invention relates to ophthalmic mountby means of pad arms 23 which are soldered to the lugs and more particularly it has reference to plates l8. ophthalmic mountings of the so-called semi-rim- Secured to the nasal and temporal portions of less type. the mounting members I6 and I1 and projecting One of the objects of my invention is to proforwardly therefrom are the lens straps 24 which vide a semi-rimless ophthalmic mounting which engage notches 25 formed in the nasal and temwill be neat H1 appearance, relatively simple in poral edges of the lenses l4 and I 5. The forward.

structure, and eificient in operation. Another ends of the straps 24 are bent over, as shown at tallic materials, and embodying improved means members l6 and I! serves to keep the straps 24 for holding the lenses. A further object is to positioned in firm engagement with the notches provide a semi-rimless mounting in WhlCh the 25. When it IS desired to removealens the nasal lenses are held by the resilience of metallic mount and temporal portions of a mounting member are ing means secured in a non-metallic frame. forced apart, together with the adi cen Portions T ese and other objects and advantages reside of the non-metallic frame I so as to free the in certain novel features of construction arrangestraps 24 from engagement with the notches 25 appended claims. and temporal straps apart so as to permit them Referring to the drawings: to engage the notches in the nasal and temporal Fig. 1 is a front view of an ophthalmic mountedges of the lens. By this construction, it will ing embodying my invention. 2' be apparent that the lenses may be readily in- Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof with the temples serted or removed from the mounting without the and nose pads removed. necessity of drilling holes in the lenses and using Fig. 31s a top plan view of the mounting. screws or other fastening devices which pass Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on through such holes.

line 44 of Fig. 1. 1 Instead of forming the semi-rim non-metallic.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of portions I2 and I 3 with a. continuous internal sur- Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view showing of the lenses, I may provide in the front surface of a modification of the arrangement of the metallic the semi-rim portions l2 and I3 a recess which is and non-metallic parts. 35, shown at 21 in Fig. 6. In this construction, the Fig. 7is a partial rear view ofamodification. metallic mounting member I! is positioned Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 88 of against the face of the recess and the lens I5 is Fig. 7. held against the mounting member l1 by means lustrated in the drawings wherein I'll indicates a 4! non-metallic frame member having a bridge poring members will not be visible from the rear side tion It connecting the semi-rlmless portions l2 of the mounting but will only be slightly visible within the semi-rlmless portions l2 and I3 are 45 members I 6 and I! more firmly in place.

the resilient, metallic mounting members l6 and A further modification i illustrated in Fig. 7 I1. Plates l8 are secured to the nasal sides of wherein the metallic mounting members I 6 and e mounting members I 5 and I! by any suitable 1 are connected by a metallic bridge 28 which plates l9 are secured to the temporal sides of the 50 portion ll of the non-metallicframe l0.

mounting members I 6 and H. The plates I 8 and From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I I9, mounted on the rear face of frame I'll, are seam able to attain the objects of my invention cured to the frame II] by any suitable means such and provide an improved ophthalmic mounting as rivets 20. Temples 21 are pivotally mounted of the semi-rimless type which is formedsubon the plates 19 and nose pads 22 are attached 55 stantially of non-metallic material. The lenses means serving are held in the mounting by eflicient means which are neat in appearance and eflicient in releasably holding the lenses in the mountings. Various modifications may obviously be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as pointed out in the appended claims.

Iclaim:

1. A semi-rimless ophthalmic mounting comprising a pair of spaced lenses, resilient metallic mounting means extending along the upper edges 01' the lenses, said mounting means having nasal extending along the sides of the lenses, means for holding the lenses on the mounting means comprising, lens engaging means secured to said portions and engaging notches formed in the temporal and nasal edges of the lenses, the resilience of the mounting to hold the lensengaging means in engagement with the lenses, a non-metallic frame having portions extending along said mounting means and overlying the mounting means and the edges of the lenses, a bridge consaid frame portions being slightly resilient and wider than the combined thicknesses of the lenses and the metallic mounting means, and retaining meansfor securing the mounting means to said frame, said retaining means comprising plate secured, respectively, to the temporal and nasal portions of the mounting means and retaining elements fastening said plates to portions of said frame.

2. An ophthalmic mounting comprising a pair of "spaced lenses, a non-metallic frame having portions extending along the top and sides of the connecting said semi-rim portions, each of said semi-rim portions having on its extends partially around the lens, mounting member positioned within said recess and rearwardly of the lens, straps extending forwardly from the nasal and temporal sides of each mounting member, said notches formed in the nasal and temporal edges 01 the lenses, said straps being held in said notche by the resilience of the mounting members, plates secured to the nasal and temporal portions 01 the mounting members, retaining means ior'securing the plates to the frame, and temples pivotally mounted on the plates secured to the temporal portions of the members.

3. .An ophthalmic mounting comprising an integral non-metallic frame having two spaced semi-rim portions connected by a bridge, a pair of lenses mounted within the semi-rim portions,

means for detachably securing the frame,

ing member extending along the nasal, upper and temporal edges of each lens and positioned rearwardly thereof, each member being secured to the respectively adjacent semi-rim portion 01 the frame, the semi-rim portions being slightiy resilient and overlying the members and the nasal, upper and temporal peripheral edges of the lenses, said portions being wider than the combined thicknesses of the members and the lenses whereby the members and the upper, nasal and temporal edges of the lenses are concealed when viewed from above, and straps extending forwardly from the nasal and temporal portions lenses to the of the members, said straps engaging in notches formed on the nasal and temporal the lenses, said straps being held in the notches by the resilience of the members whereby the lenses are detachably secured to the frame.

SAMUEL E. BOUCHARD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,515,624 Schumacher et a1. Nov. 18, 1924 1,825,503 Carow Sept. 29, 1931 2,108,667 Harris Feb. 15, 1938 2,257,812 Pomeranz Oct. 7, 1941 2,277,118 Leavitt Mar. 24, 1942 2,330,249 Splaine Sept, 28, 1943 2,352,729 Metzger July 4, 1944 2,357,267 Rohrbach Aug. 29, 1944 2,372,059 Cool; Mar. 20, 1945 2,373,862 Vine Apr, 17, 1945 2,385,975 Ellestad Oct. 2, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 794,129 France Dec. 2, 1935 said means comprising a resilient mount- 

